Breaking and creating habits on the working floor: A field-experiment on the power of implementation intentions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 776-783

  Holland, Rob W ^a   Aarts, Henk ^b   Langendam, Daan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breaking habits; Environmental behavior; Field experiment; Goal directed behavior; Habit; Implementation intentions; Planning; Recycling; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745304950     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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